the workflow and states of the tasks Has a workflow DSL, no need to invent a new one No need to have a server to run the task loop, this is handled by Mistral Keeps the execution history We can write task level plugins to provide specialized functionality
by default …provides access to the underlying infrastructure …delegates deployment and autoscaling to other OpenStack services (Heat, Ceilometer...) Solum… … is focused on "Source to Image"